In President Obama's deficit reduction proposal released Monday, the White House lays out plans to cut Saturday postal delivery, to allow the USPS to sell a wider selection of goods at its locations, and tells Congress to return a $7 billion overpayment to the beleaguered postal service.

The money was put into a federal retirement fund to cover retirement and health-care costs, and has become a sticking point among USPS employees in their negotiations with legislators.

Obama's plan would also enable the post office to raise stamp prices beyond the rate of inflation to better cover the costs of delivery.

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Well, one positive is that you won't be getting any bills in the mail on the weekend..........................and
that could actually spur economic growth, as buyers go out on the weekend they may be less self conscious about spending, when they hit the malls, outlet stores, Home Depots , etc. , if they haven't seen a bunch of credit card bills in their mailbox that morning. LOL